HIS COLLEGE ROOMMATE WHO SAYS HE HAD TO BE HERE FOR THIS EVENT AND WE WILL HEAR MORE
FROM HIM TONIGHT ON NEWS 4 JAX
AT 6.
AT 6. >>ZAC LASHWAY: FOR LEE. THANK YOU THE DELTA VARIANT CONTINUES
TO CAUSE A SURGE OF
COVID-19 CASES AMONG THE
UNVACCINATED POPULATION.
HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE DELTA
VARIANT IS 200% MORE CONTAGIOUS
THAN THE ORIGINAL COVID-19
VIRUS RIGHT NOW
BAPTIST HEALTH HAS 122 COVID-19
PATIENTS WITH 74 OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS IN THE ICU
AND YOU HAVE HEALTH IS
REPORTING 149 COVID PATIENTS
INSIDE THEIR HOSPITAL WITH 40
OF THOSE PATIENTS AND I
SEE YOU CTO AND MEDICAL
DIRECTOR FOR TRIAGE LOGIC
DOCTOR HAYS JOINS US THIS
MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING THANK YOU FOR HAVING
TALKING WITH US THIS REALLY IS
I AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ADDRESS
MANY PEOPLE ARE HOME RIGHT NOW
WATCHING WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW
THIS MORNING.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
YOU HAVE TO GET VACCINATED WHEN
YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE
HOSPITALIZATIONS WHEN YOU LOOK
AT ALL THE SERIOUS CASES IT’S
MONTH 97%
OF UNVACCINATED AND PEOPLE
THERE’S BEEN THIS HESITATION
AMONG YOUNGER PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED AND I THINK THERE’S
A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING.
ONE IS.
IT STARTED PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS
IS A DISEASE OF
OVER 65. BUT IT REALLY DOES
AFFECT YOUNGER PEOPLE AND THEN
THE YOUNGER PEOPLE ALSO FEEL
LIKE THEY CAN JUST RIDE IT OUT.
THERE’S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION ABOUT SIDE
EFFECTS LIKE INFERTILITY WHICH
IS JUST NOT TRUE. SO I
THINK THERE’S A BIG HESITATION
FOR VACCINATION AMONG THE
YOUNGER POPULATION OVER 50% OF
THE CASES, NICE OF SERIOUS
CASES ARE UNDER 40 YEARS OLD.
HE I WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW
THINGS THAT
YOU MENTIONED.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: ONE BEING THE
YOUNGER POPULATIONS, YOU YOU
ADDRESS SOME OF THE HESITANCY
THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WHEN IT
COMES TO RECEIVING THE COVID-19
VACCINE. WHAT ABOUT THE
POPULATION THAT IS NOT ABLE YET
TO RECEIVE THE VACCINATION ARE
WE SEEING CASES AMONG CHILDREN
YOUNGER
THAN 12.
>> SO WE’RE SEEING WE’RE SEEING
HIM THAT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE AS
MUCH AS THE POPULATION OF
12 TO 40. AND SO THE BUT UNDER
12 THEY STILL RECOMMEND WEARING
A MASK WHEN OUT IN PUBLIC AND
AROUND PEOPLE THAT YOU DON’T
KNOW SO THEY REALLY JUST HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL. WE’RE HOPING THE
NEW VACCINE. 6 MONTHS AND ABOVE
WILL COME OUT BY
THIS FALL AND IN WHICH CASE
THAT WILL BE IN MUCH BETTER
SHAPE THAN OTHERS CONVERSATION
WILL DEFINITELY PICK UP OR
CONTINUE
TO GROW WITH MOMENTUM IN THE
COMING WEEKS AS CHILDREN HEAD
BACK TO SCHOOL AND TALK ABOUT
YOU KNOW ADULTS GETTING
THE VACCINE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: VERSUS THESE THE
SCHOOL POPULATIONS THAT AREN’T
YET ABLE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
DELTA VARIANT ARE THE SYMPTOMS
WITH THE DELTA VARIANT SIMILAR
TO THAT OF
THE COVID VIRUS OR IS IT
DIFFERENT LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT
THE SYMPTOMS ARE ALL THE SAME
THE DIFFERENCE IS THE
CONTAGIOUSNESS SO BASICALLY
WHAT AS
YOU MENTIONED THE DELTA VARIANT
SPREAD SO MUCH QUICKER SO IF
YOU HAVE ONE PERSON IS THE
DELTA VARIANT. IT’S LIKELY WILL
GET 4 PEOPLE INFECTED IF
THEY’RE
NOT VACCINATED.
>> VERSUS EARLIER WE HAD THE
ORIGINAL COVID IT WAS JUST YOU
KNOW ONE WHATEVER IT WAS MUCH
LESS.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: CONTAGIOUSNESS
SO IT’S NOT THE SYMPTOMS.
BUT IT’S THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF
SO MANY MORE PEOPLE
GET SICK AND THERE IS SOME DATA
STARTING TO SHOW POSSIBLY THAT
IT’S MORE SEVERE
WHICH HAS NOT BEEN A 100%
PROVEN YET SO WE DON’T KNOW
THAT YET. WE KNOW PEOPLE CAN
STILL CONTRACT THE VIRUS EVEN
AFTER BEING VACCINATED.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHAT IS. YOU
KNOW PLAYING DEVIL’S
ADVOCATE HERE AND IN LISTENING
TO THE PEOPLE SCREAMING NIGHT
YEAR YOU KNOW WELL WHAT WITH
THE VACCINATION.
POINT BEING MADE WHAT IS THE
BENEFIT TO GETTING VACCINATED.
BEING THAT YOU CAN STILL CONTRACT THE WITH PFIZER AND MODERNA THAT’S LIKE 96%
EFFECTIVE SO FIRST OF ALL
THERE’S A VERY SMALL CHANCE
YOU’LL GET IT AND IF YOU DO GET
THE CASE HAVE BEEN VERY MILD.
>> SO BASICALLY THE REASON TO
GET VACCINATED SO YOU DON’T GET
HOSPITALIZED, AND YOU DON’T END
UP BEING REALLY SICK AND DIE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHY IS IT
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE NOT
RECEIVING
THE VACCINE. THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION THAT I DON’T HAVE THE
ANSWER TO. IT IS AMAZING THE PEOPLE I THINK AGAIN IT’S A LOT OF THIS HONORS RIGHT, YES, IT’S
A LOT OF MISINFORMATION.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE SCARED AND
AGAIN OR THEY THEY’RE WORRIED
ABOUT THE VACCINE OR THEY WANT
TO WAIT AND RIDE IT OUT TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LONG RUN.
BUT I THINK IT’S A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION THAT’S CAUSING
PEOPLE NOT TO GET